Juice craze: Why is everyone drinking dinner?

One of the hottest trends in health is drinking meals instead of eating them. While many health experts say our bodies have all the systems they need to detoxify or clear the body of negative things, why are so many people jumping on the "juice cleanse" bandwagon?

"I started doing a juice cleanse three days a month, actually," says Venice resident Amy Stanton.

Paleta meal delivery service has core, green tea or root detox plans that provide a day of six juices, two waters and Magic Milk for $99 per day and 1,100 calories.

"I love the fact that I lose a few pounds in just a few days and you end up feeling like everything's really been cleaned out of your system," says Amy Stanton.

Stanton loves dessert, wine, and real food. She says yes, you have to stay close to the bathroom, but it's worth giving her body the food break.

And while the contents are clean and nutritious, experts day there are some things to consider.

"You can't have a whole bunch of carbohydrate, you need to make sure you're getting your protein, you want to get a variety of colors, you want to make sure you're getting healthy fats," says registered dietitian Ashley Koff.

Liquid or solid, Koff says rules are the same. She cautions that carrots, beets and yams are natures sweets while nut milks don't offer much protein, so be careful.

There are also safety issues.

"These are raw, they're un-pasteurized," says Koff. "You don't want to leave them in your car, or leave them on your desk at work or go back five days later and have a juice."

Those who've tried juicing say the $7 to $10 you'll spend per beverage is worth every penny.

However...

"For somebody who doesn't have that money, do like what I do, which is go get the bag of organic frozen vegetables and cook them up on a regular basis. And that's totally fine too," says Koff.